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The stellar orbit distribution in present-day galaxies inferred from the CALIFA survey
Ling Zhu, Glenn van de Ven, Remco van den Bosch +16
Galaxy formation entails the hierarchical assembly of mass, along with the condensation of baryons and the ensuing, self-regulating star formation. The stars form a collisionless s…
astro-ph.GA2017★ 56 cited
The origin and properties of massive prolate galaxies in the Illustris simulation
Hongyu Li, Shude Mao, Eric Emsellem +3
We study galaxy shapes in the Illustris cosmological hydrodynamic simulation. We find that massive galaxies have a higher probability of being prolate. For galaxies with stellar ma…